“Football commented by women? They do not have any type of authority to comment on matches; They take away men’s jobs.”

Joey Bartonex-coach of Bristol Rovers and long considered one of the most controversial footballers in the Premier League, has criticized the presence of women as commentators in football matches

Barton has claimed that John Terry “said what we all thought” after a post came to light on social media in which the former Chelsea defender disagreed with a commentator working at a 2018 World Cup match.

Barton has come under fire this week after a series of disqualifications of women who work as football commentators, stating that “they do not have any type of authority to talk about men’s football.” Her attacks were directed at Alex Scott (BBC Football), Laura Woods (TNT) and Bianca Westwood (Sky Sports).

A few days ago he continued his discontent after one of Terry’s past Instagram stories appeared on X.

Chelsea and England legend Terry wrote on Instagram during the 2018 World Cup match between Portugal and Morocco: “I’ll have to watch this game with the volume down,” which some interpreted as a dig at commentator Vicki Sparks, the first female commentator. of a men’s World Cup match.

The former Chelsea captain later denied in a video the criticism received from fans, insisting that he simply had audio problems at home that forced him to watch the game in silence.

But Barton believes Terry may have backed down in a bid to repair his reputation with fans after being accused of racially abusing Anton Ferdinand during a Premier League match in 2011.

He defended Terry and stated that he should have stood his ground instead of backing down. “@JohnTerry26 said what we all thought a long time ago,” Barton wrote on X. “Then he had to pretend his TV broke. He is worth about 100 million pounds, he was captain of Chelsea and England and he had to resort to lying to get them to stop attacking him. Would he have backed down if he didn’t have the racist cry against Anton?

“I don’t believe John is racist for a second. I played in THAT game. He said something stupid in the heat of battle and is forever tainted. I wonder if @anton_ferdinand or @rioferdy5 think the same. “I know them all pretty well.”

On Saturday morning Barton published another post in which he stated that he doesn’t mind women being presenters “as long as they look good.” “I worry about journalists who are not good enough to comment on football, because they don’t understand the game. “They are taking jobs away from men who are good enough.”